Metro sends specialized vehicle to survey condition of roads

A different type of truck will be patrolling Nashville streets, and this one will be helping improve the roads we all drive.

The digital survey vehicle will drive along about half of all the roads in Metro.

It can actually detect which roads are in bad shape by gathering high-quality images of the pavement and the level of distress that the road is in.

"We're able to actually collect all of the distressors on our roadway infrastructure. So instead of just going out and repaving the road, we can come up with other methods of repairing the road that will increase the life cycle and save the taxpayers money," said paving manager Don Reid.

City engineers then use that information to plan maintenance projects in the most effective manner.

A Butler County woman has been researching a discovered diary that belonged to a late marine and is now making it her mission to get the piece of history back into the hands of the World War II veteran's family.

A Butler County woman has been researching a discovered diary that belonged to a late marine and is now making it her mission to get the piece of history back into the hands of the World War II veteran's family.